SBIR/STTR Research Award
DUCTILE, ADHERENT CERAMIC COATINGS
Award amount
$238,080Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1992Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Spire Corporation
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RG46KJGARZF4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS INVESTIGATION WILL STUDY SUPERPLASTICITY OF CERAMIC COATINGS PRODUCED BY ION ASSISTED DEPOSITION, AND WILL DETERMINE THE UTILITY OF SUCH FILMS AS DUCTILE OVERCOATS ON METAL SUBSTRATES. ION ASSISTED DEPOSITION COMBINES PHYSICALVAPOR DEPOSITION OF AN EVAPORANT WITH LOW ENERGY OXYGEN OR NITROGEN ION BOMBARDMENT, YIELDING FILMS WITH EXTRAORDINARY ADHESION AND ANOMALOUSLY HIGH DUCTILITY. THIS DUCTILITY HASBEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THE EXTREMELY SMALL GRAIN SIZE CHARACTERISTIC OF ION ASSISTED DEPOSITION. THE PROPOSED WORK SEEKS TO ESTABLISH FILM GROWTH CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONSISTENTLY DELIVER SUPERPLASTIC COATINGS, THEN TO STUDY THE UTILITY OF THESE COATINGS FOR ENHANCING THE FRACTURE TOUGHNESS OF METAL SUBSTRATES.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Research funding history
429 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $73,907,551. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce